G/TBT/N/USA/1921  
22 September 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board [1951]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notificatio n shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Self-
service transaction machines (SSTMs) and electronic self -service kiosks; Aids for disabled 
or handicapped persons (ICS code(s): 11.180); Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); 
Electronic display devices (ICS code(s): 31.120); Building accessories (ICS code(s): 
91.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Americans Wit h 
Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities; Architectural Barriers 
Act Accessibility Guidelines; Self -Service Transaction Machines and Self -Service Kiosks; 
(4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - The Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board ("Access Board" or "Board") is issuing this 
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to begin the process of supplementing 
its accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities covered by the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 to address access to 
various types of self -service transaction machines (SSTMs), including electronic self -
service kiosks, for persons with dis abilities. By this ANPRM, the Access Board invites public 
comment on the planned approach to supplementing its ADA Accessibility Guidelines and 
ABA Accessibility Guidelines with new scoping and technical provisions for SSTMs and 
self-service kiosks. The Bo ard will consider comments received in response to this ANPRM 
in its development of these guidelines for SSTMs and self -service kiosks in a future 
rulemaking.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention  of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety  G/TBT/N/USA/1921  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 57662, 21 September 2022; Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 1191:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-21/html/2022 -20470.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-09-21/pdf/2022 -20470.pdf  
This advance notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number ATBCB -2022-
0004. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ATBCB -2022-0004/document  and provides access 
to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching t he Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders 
are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern 
Time on 21 November 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO 
Members and their  stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be 
submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  21 November 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_6431_00_e.pdf